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Glacier bursts with 150 people feared dead after devastating floods smash through dam

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As many as 150 people are feared dead after a glacier crashed into a dam and caused devastating floods. The Himalayan glacier in the state of Uttarakhand, northern India broke and swept away a hydroelectric dam on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream. "The actual number has not been confirmed yet," Om Prakash, chief secretary of Uttarakhand state where the incident occurred, told Reuters.

At this early stage, it's thought 100 to 150 people could have died. A witness reported a wall of dust, rock and water as an avalanche roared down the Dhauli Ganga river valley located more than 500 km (310 miles) north of New Delhi. "It came very fast, there was no time to alert anyone," Sanjay Singh Rana, who lives on the

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